View from/of your van.

[The Merle]

Back in the wilds of Scotland the other night miles away from anything or anyone.Last night very cold night on the edge of the Cairngorms.
I recommend anyone winter camping to treat themselves to a vango usb heat mat they are great.

 

[66tim99]

Never heard of them - look intriguing! Do you sleep with them under your sleeping bag?

vango usb heat mat

 

[The Merle]

Good for warming bag up, sometimes leave in. Mainly have under sleeping bag, on setting 2.
Also use after long walks on legs or sit on it.
I’ve attached extension wire so I can run off usb sockets in van, and it doesn’t drain leisure bats.

 

[BrugseB]

I’ve attached extension wire so I can run off usb sockets in van, and it doesn’t drain leisure bats.

Any idea of power consumption? Would it drain the leisure bat overnight!?

 

[The Merle]

Any idea of power consumption? Would it drain the leisure bat overnight!?
I can’t find the the paperwork what came with it, but I do leave it on all night it has a built in timer if it goes off then I fire it up again. Have it on 2nd setting (purple).
The Cali shop sells it and they have done a YouTube video, you can use power packs if you don’t want to run it off leisure bats.
Bargain at £40, but think of it as a hot water bottle not a electric blanket.

 

[Amarillo]

Any idea of power consumption? Would it drain the leisure bat overnight!?
I can’t find the the paperwork what came with it, but I do leave it on all night it has a built in timer if it goes off then I fire it up again. Have it on 2nd setting (purple).
The Cali shop sells it and they have done a YouTube video, you can use power packs if you don’t want to run it off leisure bats.
Bargain at £40, but think of it as a hot water bottle not a electric blanket.View attachment 86991

The Vango website suggests 10 watts (5v, 2.1a) but is not clear on this.

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[CaliAzur]

île de Ré, France, late September 21. Soazic’s maiden voyage.

 

[The Merle]

Playing in the snow today, or maybe it was a quick retreat out of the mountains before the blizzards due tonight.

 

[Beeechke1]

NT car park Blakeney, Norfolk not a bad lunch spot



Morston Quay this week following a boat trip out to Blakeney Point for a bit of seal spotting.

 

[Bigfish6969uk]

Views of Brown Clee over the weekend.

 

[Meoncoast]

A few days on Exmoor last week.

 

[Wildcamper]

Sharpness looking down the Severn towards Bristol. Can just see the two bridges. Lovely walk to the Hulks at Purton.

 

[The Merle]

Back in the mountains after all the destruction from storm.

 

[The Merle]

Friday night spot.Saturday morning, had a nice bit of snow in the night on the bumps.

 

[The Merle]

Saturday night spot, so we could walk up schiehallion on Sunday in gorgeous sunshine.

Are all the calis tucked away for winter or can we see some winter adventure pics, I used my cali all year round when I had one. Would be nice to see some please.

 

[pluc99]

This is me staying at home where it's warm

 

[Cali Phillip]

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Driving to the office in the Cairngorms today in the cali, vectors working well

 

[The Merle]

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Driving to the office in the Cairngorms today in the cali, vectors working well

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Good to see Phil, I have some new boots to test out on my feet tomorrow. Hope they perform as good.
My BFG hit a bit of black ice over near backwater yesterday bit hairy, but luckily I was going slow.

 

[Cali Phillip]

Good to see Phil, I have some new boots to test out on my feet tomorrow. Hope they perform as good.
My BFG hit a bit of black ice over near backwater yesterday bit hairy, but luckily I was going slow.

The team behind me in a 4x4 pickup with off road tyres had a wee slide. Vectors ok, but on 4mm which is low end of snow tread depth. Either there was ice or that tread makes big difference. Had some traction light action on pulling away quickly. However the mountain carpark was an ice rink and a van pulling in next to me needed 4 + goes to get into the space, no problem for me

 

[willwander]

Are all the calis tucked away for winter…

Nope.. beautiful starry night in the Lakes tonight. (Rain tomorrow boo)

 

[Cali Phillip]

Post run coffee overlooking the grey corries, still some snow at 550m

 

[Arnoob]

 

[Azteccamper]

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Nice.

 

[The Merle]

Great hike up some bumps by cairn gorm.
XMAS FUN:
First pic spot the van and the fighter jet.
It lols like they are building an aire or campsite up up at the carpark too.

 

[sbmcd]

Great hike up some bumps by cairn gorm.
XMAS FUN:
First pic spot the van and the fighter jet.
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it's a great spot for an overnight stop, used it many times, lovely sunsets but it can get very windy as it's a bit exposed. The plan is for 66 bays for the recreational vehicles at the Coire na Ciste car park, sadly free parking will stop once that opens, let's hope it does not fill with great whites.